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Hurricanes set to take on UCLA Bruins
SPORTS page 9
Since 1927
Coral Gables, Florida
Volume 76, Number 23
WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU
Friday, December 4,1998
Dante Fascell dies at 81
Congressman served on UM Board of Trustees
Male attempts kidnapping
By VICTORIA BALLARD
News Editor
An unknown male tried to kidnap a
female University of Miami student on U.S. 1 and Stanford Drive on Friday,
November 20.
The incident was not reported until the following Monday.
The student said she heard a shout or a horn from the male’s newer model, burgundy Chevrolet Caprice-type vehicle. The victim continued walking and
the suspect followed her with the passenger window down.
“Hello, my name is Charles. You caught my eye. I know this is awkward, but I’d like to get your phone number so we could get together and have dinner sometime,” the suspect said, according to the crime report.
The suspect got out of his car and grabbed the student in a bear hug. He tried to force her into his car. The student kicked the suspect in the groin and
broke free, running to the Burger King across the street from Stanford Drive.
The student gave a description to the Coral Gables Police Department and they drew a composite sketch of the suspect. *
The suspect is described as a white male in his 30s with no accent, 5 feet 10 or II, with a medium build, weighing about 175 pounds, with a light complexion, blue eyes and receding hair. He was last seen in a red plaid button-
down shirt, khaki pants and brown
boots.
The student said she can identify the suspect, but did not know the suspect before the incident.
Officers said the attempted kidnapping is not connected to the two separate sexual assaults on campus last March.
Students should call the Department of Public Safety at (305) 284-6666 if they think they see the suspect.
KIDNAPPER:
A police sketch of the would-be abductor.
Dennis sentenced to death
By VICTORIA BALLARD
News Editor
One month after UM re-named the North-South Center in honor of former U.S. Congressman Dante Fascell, the UM graduate and Board of Trustees member died from colon cancer at age 81 on Saturday night in his home in Clearwater.
Fascell had a political career that made him a member of Congress for the terms of eight presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 to George Bush in 1992.
Fascell served as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee in the House beginning in 1984 and ending with his retirement from Congress in 1992.
'' We all should be proud of whatever part we have done to promote the American dream,” Fascell said in his retirement announcement.
Following his retirement, Fascell joined the Miami law firm of Holland & Knight, lie had practiced law before running for office and was a 1938 graduate of the UM School of Law.
Fasccll’s political interests were not limited to the foreign affairs arena. He also focused on South Florida issues and concerns.
After Hurricane Andrew devastated the region, Fascell worked hard in Congress to secure federal aid to the hardest-hit areas of Miami-Dade County.
Fascell also worked on several bills to
See FASCELL • Page 2
International Thanksgiving Day
MATT STROSHANE / Photo Editor
THANKSGIVING FEAST: The Intensive Language Institute sponsored a traditional holiday for 140 international students in the Allen Hail courtyard at the School of Continuing Studies.
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
PUBLIC SAFETY
Officers allege police abuse of power
UM football players may receive preferential treatment
Lawsuit accuses city, University of misleading officers and public
By RICK GOLD
Editor in Chief
It is no secret that the University of Miami football team has had its troubles with the law.
During Dennis Erickson’s tenure as head coach from 1989 to 1994, the Hurricanes were known for run-ins with the police and reckless behavior. UM has cleaned up its act since Butch Davis became head coach in 1995, but testimony from several police officers indicate that a
separate set of rules may still exist for football players.
Although arrests have been less frequent for football players in past years, the procedures involved in the arrests have been questionable. A bar fight at the Rathskeller last September involving several football players resulted in only one arrest, even though Public Safety Sergeant Abraham Fernandez said
See ATHLETE* Page 8
MORE NEWS ON PUBLIC SAFETY INSIDE:
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTS TO INSTILL DISCIPLINE SEE PAGE 8
UNION PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO OFFICERS' LAWSUIT
SEE PAGE 4
By CHRIS SOBEL
Associate News Editor
Lawyers representing seven UM Public Safety officers who sued the University in 1996 are gathering evidence to support their claim that the University and the City of Coral Gables negligently misrepresented to the officers the nature of their jobs, lawyers for the officers said.
The lawsuit alleges the city and the University deceived the officers and the public regarding the offi-
cer’s status as law enforcement officers.
“When these guys were originally hired, they were told they were being hired as a police officer,” said Cary Klein, counsel for the officers. “Now they’re treated as security guards.”
The professional reputation of a Public Safety officer is damaged while working at the University,
See LAWSUIT • Page 7
By KELLY RUANE
Hurricane Senior Reporter
Labrant Dennis has been sentenced to die in Florida’s electric chair for the 19% murders of football player Marlin Barnes and his friend Timwanika Lumpkins.
Dennis collapsed Wednesday as he was led out of the courtroom after the jury read the sentence.
Dennis was convicted of beating Barnes and Lumpkins to death last month.
Sentencing began Monday, and took a strange turn Tuesday. Dennis’s mother was arrested after the hearing yesterday for threatening a witness who testified against her son.
Elaine Williams was charged with a third-degree felony for threatening Catina Lynn, an ex girlfriend of Dennis, who told jurors that Dennis threatened to kill her several times if she were to date other men.
Presiding Circuit Court judge Manuel Crespo held a hearing alter jurors were sent home for the day. Crespo found there was ample evidence to order Williams’arrest.
Dennis, whom State Attorney Flora Seff argued killed Barnes and Lumpkins in a jealous rage, allegedly threatened Lynn three times, twice with a gun.
Members of the Barnes and Lumpkins families testified on Monday about what life has been like for them since the murders.
“There is no joy in our lives any morer said Charlie Postell, Barnes’ mother. “He’s (Dennis] taken everything from me.”
Lumpkin’s father, Dewayne Lee, testified that losing his daughter has caused him pain that he “would not wish on anyone.”
Final sentencing is up to Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge Manny Crespo. It is expected that Crespo will uphold the jury’s recommendation.
■ JARS OF CLAY CONCERT
After bidding for the Dave Matthews Band. Hurricane Productions announced that UM was rejected as a show possibility The mam reason cited was that there is currently no indoor venue suitable tor large concerts Hurricane
Productions and the Wesley
y
Foundation are sponsoring a Jars ot Clay concert with special guests Burlap to Cashmere and Silage The concert is Saturday, December 5, at 7 pm on the DC Patio Tiie concert is free with a valid Cane Card, while general admission is $10 with a student Hurricane Productions is continuing to try to bring top acts to the University
■ NEW BUILDING BREAKS GROUND
The School of Communication will break ground Monday for a new building located on Campo Sano Drive The $10 million Frances L. Wolfson building, which will open tor the tall semester of 2000. will have six classrooms, two television studios, a s^tnd stage
tor film production, two sound mix theaters, a computerized student newsroom, a cable television station, an animation studio and labs tor photography. writing and graphic design For the first time, the School of Communication wiH have its own building, which will house about 1.000 students and 40 professors
■ SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS PICKED
Twenty-tout Miami-Dade and Broward county high school students have been named to the Orange Bowl Legion of Honor Two are eligible to earn full-tuition scholarships to UM and lead the group as king and queen in the Orange Bowl
Parade on New Year’s Eve The «!
Orange Bowl Committee picked students, who were nominated by participating schools, based on scholarship. leadership, integrity and service.
■ MARKETING CONFERENCE
The School ot Business Administration will co-host “Serving Customers and Consumers Effectively in the 21st Century: Emerging Issues and Solutions, a conference that will discuss and analyze the changing needs ot consumers and customers for cor-
porate marketing professionals and scholars Sunday at 5:30 p.m Office Depot chairman and CEO David Fuente and Burger Kmg CEO Dennis Maiamatmas are among speakers who wik give their perspectives on the importance ot customer service at the James W McLamore Executive Education Center at die School of Business
if

Hurricanes set to take on UCLA Bruins
SPORTS page 9
Since 1927
Coral Gables, Florida
Volume 76, Number 23
WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU
Friday, December 4,1998
Dante Fascell dies at 81
Congressman served on UM Board of Trustees
Male attempts kidnapping
By VICTORIA BALLARD
News Editor
An unknown male tried to kidnap a
female University of Miami student on U.S. 1 and Stanford Drive on Friday,
November 20.
The incident was not reported until the following Monday.
The student said she heard a shout or a horn from the male’s newer model, burgundy Chevrolet Caprice-type vehicle. The victim continued walking and
the suspect followed her with the passenger window down.
“Hello, my name is Charles. You caught my eye. I know this is awkward, but I’d like to get your phone number so we could get together and have dinner sometime,” the suspect said, according to the crime report.
The suspect got out of his car and grabbed the student in a bear hug. He tried to force her into his car. The student kicked the suspect in the groin and
broke free, running to the Burger King across the street from Stanford Drive.
The student gave a description to the Coral Gables Police Department and they drew a composite sketch of the suspect. *
The suspect is described as a white male in his 30s with no accent, 5 feet 10 or II, with a medium build, weighing about 175 pounds, with a light complexion, blue eyes and receding hair. He was last seen in a red plaid button-
down shirt, khaki pants and brown
boots.
The student said she can identify the suspect, but did not know the suspect before the incident.
Officers said the attempted kidnapping is not connected to the two separate sexual assaults on campus last March.
Students should call the Department of Public Safety at (305) 284-6666 if they think they see the suspect.
KIDNAPPER:
A police sketch of the would-be abductor.
Dennis sentenced to death
By VICTORIA BALLARD
News Editor
One month after UM re-named the North-South Center in honor of former U.S. Congressman Dante Fascell, the UM graduate and Board of Trustees member died from colon cancer at age 81 on Saturday night in his home in Clearwater.
Fascell had a political career that made him a member of Congress for the terms of eight presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 to George Bush in 1992.
Fascell served as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee in the House beginning in 1984 and ending with his retirement from Congress in 1992.
'' We all should be proud of whatever part we have done to promote the American dream,” Fascell said in his retirement announcement.
Following his retirement, Fascell joined the Miami law firm of Holland & Knight, lie had practiced law before running for office and was a 1938 graduate of the UM School of Law.
Fasccll’s political interests were not limited to the foreign affairs arena. He also focused on South Florida issues and concerns.
After Hurricane Andrew devastated the region, Fascell worked hard in Congress to secure federal aid to the hardest-hit areas of Miami-Dade County.
Fascell also worked on several bills to
See FASCELL • Page 2
International Thanksgiving Day
MATT STROSHANE / Photo Editor
THANKSGIVING FEAST: The Intensive Language Institute sponsored a traditional holiday for 140 international students in the Allen Hail courtyard at the School of Continuing Studies.
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
PUBLIC SAFETY
Officers allege police abuse of power
UM football players may receive preferential treatment
Lawsuit accuses city, University of misleading officers and public
By RICK GOLD
Editor in Chief
It is no secret that the University of Miami football team has had its troubles with the law.
During Dennis Erickson’s tenure as head coach from 1989 to 1994, the Hurricanes were known for run-ins with the police and reckless behavior. UM has cleaned up its act since Butch Davis became head coach in 1995, but testimony from several police officers indicate that a
separate set of rules may still exist for football players.
Although arrests have been less frequent for football players in past years, the procedures involved in the arrests have been questionable. A bar fight at the Rathskeller last September involving several football players resulted in only one arrest, even though Public Safety Sergeant Abraham Fernandez said
See ATHLETE* Page 8
MORE NEWS ON PUBLIC SAFETY INSIDE:
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTS TO INSTILL DISCIPLINE SEE PAGE 8
UNION PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO OFFICERS' LAWSUIT
SEE PAGE 4
By CHRIS SOBEL
Associate News Editor
Lawyers representing seven UM Public Safety officers who sued the University in 1996 are gathering evidence to support their claim that the University and the City of Coral Gables negligently misrepresented to the officers the nature of their jobs, lawyers for the officers said.
The lawsuit alleges the city and the University deceived the officers and the public regarding the offi-
cer’s status as law enforcement officers.
“When these guys were originally hired, they were told they were being hired as a police officer,” said Cary Klein, counsel for the officers. “Now they’re treated as security guards.”
The professional reputation of a Public Safety officer is damaged while working at the University,
See LAWSUIT • Page 7
By KELLY RUANE
Hurricane Senior Reporter
Labrant Dennis has been sentenced to die in Florida’s electric chair for the 19% murders of football player Marlin Barnes and his friend Timwanika Lumpkins.
Dennis collapsed Wednesday as he was led out of the courtroom after the jury read the sentence.
Dennis was convicted of beating Barnes and Lumpkins to death last month.
Sentencing began Monday, and took a strange turn Tuesday. Dennis’s mother was arrested after the hearing yesterday for threatening a witness who testified against her son.
Elaine Williams was charged with a third-degree felony for threatening Catina Lynn, an ex girlfriend of Dennis, who told jurors that Dennis threatened to kill her several times if she were to date other men.
Presiding Circuit Court judge Manuel Crespo held a hearing alter jurors were sent home for the day. Crespo found there was ample evidence to order Williams’arrest.
Dennis, whom State Attorney Flora Seff argued killed Barnes and Lumpkins in a jealous rage, allegedly threatened Lynn three times, twice with a gun.
Members of the Barnes and Lumpkins families testified on Monday about what life has been like for them since the murders.
“There is no joy in our lives any morer said Charlie Postell, Barnes’ mother. “He’s (Dennis] taken everything from me.”
Lumpkin’s father, Dewayne Lee, testified that losing his daughter has caused him pain that he “would not wish on anyone.”
Final sentencing is up to Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge Manny Crespo. It is expected that Crespo will uphold the jury’s recommendation.
■ JARS OF CLAY CONCERT
After bidding for the Dave Matthews Band. Hurricane Productions announced that UM was rejected as a show possibility The mam reason cited was that there is currently no indoor venue suitable tor large concerts Hurricane
Productions and the Wesley
y
Foundation are sponsoring a Jars ot Clay concert with special guests Burlap to Cashmere and Silage The concert is Saturday, December 5, at 7 pm on the DC Patio Tiie concert is free with a valid Cane Card, while general admission is $10 with a student Hurricane Productions is continuing to try to bring top acts to the University
■ NEW BUILDING BREAKS GROUND
The School of Communication will break ground Monday for a new building located on Campo Sano Drive The $10 million Frances L. Wolfson building, which will open tor the tall semester of 2000. will have six classrooms, two television studios, a s^tnd stage
tor film production, two sound mix theaters, a computerized student newsroom, a cable television station, an animation studio and labs tor photography. writing and graphic design For the first time, the School of Communication wiH have its own building, which will house about 1.000 students and 40 professors
■ SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS PICKED
Twenty-tout Miami-Dade and Broward county high school students have been named to the Orange Bowl Legion of Honor Two are eligible to earn full-tuition scholarships to UM and lead the group as king and queen in the Orange Bowl
Parade on New Year’s Eve The «!
Orange Bowl Committee picked students, who were nominated by participating schools, based on scholarship. leadership, integrity and service.
■ MARKETING CONFERENCE
The School ot Business Administration will co-host “Serving Customers and Consumers Effectively in the 21st Century: Emerging Issues and Solutions, a conference that will discuss and analyze the changing needs ot consumers and customers for cor-
porate marketing professionals and scholars Sunday at 5:30 p.m Office Depot chairman and CEO David Fuente and Burger Kmg CEO Dennis Maiamatmas are among speakers who wik give their perspectives on the importance ot customer service at the James W McLamore Executive Education Center at die School of Business
if